PROP PROJECT, 2005
Chiado Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
Portuguese National Museum of Arts, Lisbon, Portugal
The object revels itself to the audience, by way of not being the reason for a visit to the Museum. It is situated in the Museum and it contains some of the characteristics of a painting. By hanging on the wall and having a rectangular shape it can resemble a painting, but it also resembles a cushion, and the utility of a “sofa”. It is a Prop that pretends to make it more comfortable and attractive for the audience while observing the paintings. It does not have any “Artwork” ambition, it is just a Prop, an object that seeks our attention by the place where it is positioned and by its shape, it’s just something in between the limits of the sofa and the painting.
I am interested in exploring the limits between the Art World and the Industrial Design World, I was searching for “marginal” objects. Prop, when considering the audience, was ambiguous as to its function, it becomes confused with its functionality. Despite the qualities of the objects, it did not make the visitors of the Museum feel comfortable.